Telework Exchange on May 2 released results of its Telework Week 2012 event, which ran from March 5 to March 9.
Results of an annual effort to promote telework seem to indicate that the practice is gaining traction in the federal workplace.
The Office of Personnel Management announced that new, updated employee and manager telework training modules are available online at telework.gov.
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that all of its 152 medical centers are now on Facebook.
Agencies need to discard the mindset of devoting a given amount of office space to each employee, said General Services Administration officials.
An administration official last month reminded federal agencies that they must comply with security guidelines while implementing the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010.
Service members, retirees and civilian employees can now get to their myPay accounts through a mobile application, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service announced May 18.
The Office of Personnel Management last week released a telework guide to assist agencies in implementing the Telework Enhancement Act—and hopefully to bring more eligible rank-and-file feds into the teleworking fold.
The annual snapshot of federal teleworking shows that the practice is slowly spreading across the government workforce and seems to be having a positive impact on those allowed to participate.
In his first term representing Virginia’s 11th District near Washington, D.C., Rep Gerald Connolly sponsored or co-sponsored legislation addressing a range of issues of particular concern to federal employees, including pay parity, telework, paid parental leave, and a range of reforms aimed at improving the financial security of civilian and military retirees.